Structural Family Therapy (SFT) is a method of psychotherapy developed by Salvador Minchin that focuses on the family dynamics. It is considered the most influential family therapy worldwide according to Stupart (2014). The primary purpose of the different approaches to the psychotherapy is to help people feel differently, and change their thinking and behavior (Stupart 2014). The goal of SFT is to join the family system in therapy to determine any dysfunctional relationships and how to heal them while reestablishing the family unity. This is achieved by simply by modifying the way the family interacting with other and by developing appropriate boundaries.…
Understanding how a family works and interacts is the key objective of a therapist. In…
In this case study of Sally who father came into his twelve-year-old daughter room intoxicated one night and briefly fondle her. This incident just happens one time and now the father, mother and daughter are in therapy together to go over this incident. The father enrolled in substance abuse program as well to give him so help. The family doesn’t want to get the law or child protective involved and the therapist feel like if he/she does the family might stop coming to therapy session. The therapist is worry if the family ever do break up that the mother and daughter can sue therapist for not taking action as well. One ethical issue in this case involves the law been broken by the father who fondle his daughter because he was intoxicated. There is no…
Please accept my attached resume for consideration as a Marriage and Family Therapist. I am eager to collaborate with other professionals to provide comprehensive and holistic interventions to improve family dynamics. Understanding family dynamics and helping families learn how to communicate effectively is essential for growth and happiness; thus I have served as a mentor for children of all different developmental stages in my community. For several years, I coached and mentored children from the Roberto Clemente baseball league in Hartford. I have over seven years of mental health experience working with a developmentally disabled individual. I learned to not only interact with children, but with parents as well. Furthermore, I have worked…
Psychologists who participate in marriage/family therapy have to ensure they are doing things ethically and ensuring they are doing the best for each of their clients. Psychologists who live and work in rural communities must make sure they are being as careful as marriage/family therapy psychologists, but can run into other issues such as confidentiality and competence. Both kinds of therapy have their own sets of issues as well.…
Techniques for solution focused family therapy are based on change. The clients feel that something needs to be different in their lives. “They either want to stop doing something, or start doing something, or do something differently (Franklin C., 2002). However, they have not been able to find a solution to their problem on their own.…
The history of family therapy began around 1960 when Gregory Bateson came up with the term, “system thinking.” This type of therapy was a daring departure, from traditional and individual treatment during the 1960s. He was involved in the schizophrenia research project in Palo Alto, California, which had a strong impact in shaping the course of family therapy. Along with his colleagues Jay Haley, John Weakland, William Fry, Don Jackson and later Virginia Satir, Paul Watzlawick, Bateson developed a communication theory which aim was to explain development of schizophrenic behavior within the familial environment.…
The attitude, body language, motivation, and values which define a person’s work have a lot to do with one’s professional identity. A person’s professional identity has to do with knowing who they are at the current point in time and knowing who they want to be in the future. Knowing and understanding what that professional role is, brings not only pride to self, it also challenges the person to promote growth among others through reflection of their accomplishments of their work. This is especially noticed in those who work within the community such as counselors. Counselors show a strong and proud sense of knowing who they are as they serve…
For almost ninety years, marriage and family therapy continue to change in the United States. It is a thriving career with significant benefits. With all of the families and marriages broke apart over the years, having the ability to help would be so rewarding.…
During my studies in Couples and Family Therapy (CFT) program, I foresee encountering challenges such as: maintaining work-life balance and being faced with emotionally rigorous courses, which can be both intricate and emotionally taxing. Furthermore, it will require me to juggle with heavy course load, part-time employment, finding personal and family time.…
The TestEdge Program is designed to help elementary and high school students self-regulate their emotional and physiological responses to challenging and stressful situations, including school tests. The 12-week program, based on research on test anxiety, emotional anxiety, and social and emotional learning, is composed of 12-15 lessons, depending on the participants' grade level, which last about 20 minutes each and are taught twice weekly by a classroom teacher (although different schedules can be followed). The lessons provide students with a better understanding of stress, emotions, and the brain, including its function and how it interacts with the heart. Students learn how to strengthen their expression of positive emotions, neutralize negative attitudes, solve problems, use computer technologies in preparing for and taking tests, and apply coherence-building techniques (i.e., methods of self-regulating stress and anxiety through the use of positive emotion in shifting attention from the brain to the physical area of the heart) while taking tests.…
Collaborative therapy comes from the postmodern view that a person’s reality and truth differs within individuals (Anderson, 2007, p. 8). A person constructs their reality based on their personal views, thoughts, feelings, and experiences. One important aspect of postmodern is language. Anderson adds that through language, one is able to make sense of the world therefore creating their reality (p. 9). In addition to the use of language, words have different meanings to each person.…
There are several current problems and challenges of Florence that I have identified. The initial problem is that she has lost custody of her daughter, Crystal, due to abuse which Florence identified as discipline. Her discipline style was developed based on how she was discipline within her home of origin culture. Florence’s isolation from others coupled with her lack of education inhibited opportunity to learn healthy forms of discipline. The next challenge is the recent death of her long-term boyfriend Dave, who is also Crystal’s father. Florence has felt alone and depressed since Dave’s death. Her isolation from her family of origin and having no friends adds to feelings of loneliness and her depression. Florence’s lack of emotional…
As we all know therapy never fix any problem however open the door for dialogues and gives the parties involve tool to work to fix their problems which is what I think the therapy session had done for the Brice family. I personally will probably not advise them to ever leave therapy out of their marriage or family as a whole, I think they do need to check in every once in a while to see how they are doing as a family at least unill the children grow up and leave the house. This approach may be able to keep them grounded as they continue to grow then when the children are gone to college they can finally be together like they use to be before the children came into the picture. As we all can see it seem as if their relationship will continue to heal with time and a lot of open communication and patient with one…
Initial family issues occur early in the process of forming a combined family unit. These issues might even form during the dating period of the partners. Initial issues don't start when the marriage certificate is signed, but when the children first learn of the relationship. Counselors can analyze the situation before the formalization of the relationship and plan an appropriate way to handle the issues they find.…